Furniture



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FURNITURE.

Application filed April 22, 1924. Serial No. 708,239. i

My invention involves structures various ly embodied in furniture andlike appliances of dilierent forms and sizes and for many purposes.Certain features are capable of even more general application but I haveselected for illustration herein an embodiment adapted to serve as astand, table or tabouret in average size, or as a cabinet in smallersizes, or as a bureau or chit'fonier in larger sizes.

Fundamentally in such devices the probiem has been with what hasgenerally been considered as drawers.- This has meant speciiicallyYsliding compartments but more generally compartments individuallyavailable for the purpose of storage or classification. ri'ost of suchcompartments have been rectangular in cross section. as the usualarticle of furniture has been by custom generally rectangular inultimate dimension- My invention is in part a departure in itsconception as to compartments. My compartments are substantiallyrhombohedral receptacles arranged in groups and each having a throw orshift forward or toward the front of the drawer or hopper. l/Vhile eachis generally rhomboidal in cross section they combine into an articlegenerally rectanguiar in cross section and vertically lined in itsgeneral contour.

Considering my i vention as embodied in such a device by way ofillustration I will refer to a fo 1m which I have selected as generallyrepresentative.

characteristic type. In these figures I have applied characters ofreference which I shall employ in the following specification todesignate the several parts.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 a side elevation with compartments closed.

Fig. 8 a similar View with compartments open, and

Fig. l an enlarged fragmentary detail,

The structure shown constitutes a stand or tabouret, although assuggested above it may be enlarged or diminished to form artcles offurniture for other purposes than that shown. As illustrated theembodiment constitutes a frame consisting of a top l. This is preferablydoubled as at ll and the two parts hinged together so as to overfoldeach other or be capable of opening out to form a larger top. This topis carried by cross pieces 2 and is sheathed at the back as at 3 I haveshown in thek 'accompanying drawings a stand of such to form a socketwithin which the upperA compartment may enter. The cross pieces 2 arepreferably tapered so as to give a rearward depth to cover the rear ofthe upper compartment when the compartments are in normal position. Thetop and frame is carried by legs 4t which are footed as at 5 and crossedbraced to give strength as at 51. The drawers or hoppers 6 are eachpivoted at their ends as at 7 in the legs 4. These hopper-s are linkedat each side of the end by strips 71 pivoted as at 8 to each of thehopper ends. The top may be of any design but preferably is convenientlycontoured so as to fold in two like halves l and 11. The leaf l1 issupported in the usual manner by an arm 9 which may be turned out as abrace. TWhen closed the device is generally rectangular when viewed inelevation, lVhen the hoppers are open they break out of the rectangular'form and become a series of separated receptacles having an inclinedfront and each slightly flanged forward so that articles within them arereadily accessible.

The angularity of these hoppers may be varied. Their number may bedecreased or multiplied. The frame of the article may be varied and themanner of suspension and linkage changed. All these variants as well asthe variations in material and finish may be practiced within thepurview of my invention.

That I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An article of furniture comprising a top frame and lateral supportingmembers therefor, a plurality of compartments substantially rhomboidalin cross section pivoted to said supporting frame and disposable withtheir front and rear walls in substantially vertical disposition, saidsections being linked each to the other whereby upon tipping on theirpivots each compartment is exposed, the upper edges of the side and rearportion of the upper pivotal section being normally spaced from the top,said side and rear members of the frame being shaped to enclose thespace thus formed between the upper edges of the side and rear portionsof the frame and the top.

2. An article of furniture, a top frame and lateral supports therefor, ahinged top on said top frame, a pivoted support within said top frameland adapted to support the top and a plurality of compartmentssubstantially rhomboidal in cross section and pivoted to said sidesupport and normally disposed With a lateral inclination with thesections in Contact and having their front and rear Walls in asubstantially vertical disposition, the upper portion of the topcornpartment being covered by said top support- RENA K. SALOMON.

